Siblings of children with autism are known to be at increased risk for autistic spectrum disorder, but now researchers at the School of Medicine, led by John N. Constantino, MD, report the risk is substantially higher than previously believed. Their results show that 19 percent of infant siblings develop the disorder by age 3.
 

Arts & Sciences students will have to look in a new place this year to find their advisers and other administrative services. The College of Arts & Sciences moved its offices over the summer to the first floor of the newly renovated Cupples II Hall. In addition, the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and the Office of Undergraduate Research have new homes in Cupples II.

Mark Nizer is the juggler your mother always warned you about. Buzzing chainsaws, electric carving knives, 16-pound bowling balls, even a flaming propane tank — all are tossed aloft and twirled about with gleeful abandon. On Saturday, Sept. 17, Nizer launches the ovations for young people series with 3-D, his latest jaw-dropping one-man show.
 

New census numbers reveal that the estimates of the U.S. population without health insurance remained unchanged in 2010, as compared with 2009. This reflects the counteracting effects of not only the sluggish economic recovery, but also the preliminary benefits of the Affordable Care Act, says Timothy McBride, PhD, associate dean of public health at the Brown School.

The Work, Families and Public Policy brown-bag lunch lecture series, in its 16th year, begins Monday, Sept. 19, with a lecture by Joan C. Williams, JD, the Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California Hastings College, on “Why Gender is So Unbending: Gender Pressures on Men.” The series continues biweekly through Nov. 28. Presentations will be from noon-1 p.m. in Seigle Hall, Room 348.

7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15

Assembly Series Panel Discussion: Navigating a Post-9/11 World

“Navigating a Post-9/11 World: A Decade of Lessons Learned” will address the biggest misconceptions about Islam in America since 9/11 and how we generate a greater social understanding. Free and open to the public. Whitaker Hall Aud., Rm. 100. (314) 935-9345.

Nominate medical faculty
for Goldstein Awards

Nominations are open for the 2011 Samuel R. Goldstein Leadership Awards. The awards — three at $5,000 each — acknowledge faculty leadership in medical student education. Deadline is 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7.

Julie Margenthaler, MD

Margenthaler finds calling in treating breast cancer. FULL STORY

Volleyball starts season a perfect 10-0

The second-ranked volleyball team improved to 10-0 on the season by picking up four wins at the WU/Asics National Invitational Sept. 9-10 at the  Field House. The team puts its perfect record on the line this weekend at the Molten Colorado College Invitational in Colorado Springs.